Hopkinton, Massachusetts Pilots Voatz for Voting at Its Annual Town Meeting

On May 7, 2018, Hopkinton, MA became one of the early towns in the country to officially pilot a mobile blockchain-based voting platform at its annual town meeting. Nearly 400 citizens voted.

We were honored to have had an opportunity to pilot the Voatz platform at the @HopkintonMA Town Meeting on Monday 5/7 – https://t.co/lPmf1HIx6A – Thank you to everyone who voted & for the great feedback.

Working with women candidates in #Nigeria is different than our experience with typical partners who operate in firmly established democracies. These women are courageous, putting their status, reputation & careers on the line. #democracyblog.voatz.com/?p=90…

We appreciate the @CSGovts working group for leading this initiative. Montana's SB124 will ease the absentee voting process for #UOCAVA by replacing the print-sign-scan steps with valid #CommonAccessCards digital signatures. This legislation will save time and effort for voters. twitter.com/CSGovts/…

Earlier this year, our team was humbled to travel to #Nigeria to pilot a new technology platform allowing courageous #women candidates to raise funds and find followers along the #campaign trail. Learn more here: blog.voatz.com/?p=90…

“It’s pretty cool that I was one of the first to try it out. I hope it becomes available to all places. No matter where I live I’d love to feel comfortable knowing I could vote this way again.” -@PeaceCorps Volunteer on #mobilevoting in #2018midtermsbit.ly/2GFW4AZ

With no early voting and a low number of unevenly distributed polling locations, New Yorkers face tough obstacles to #voting. Mobile election technology could help the city improve voter #accessibility and turnout. bit.ly/2vFNTyn

“You know, most of my friends didn’t vote because it was too complicated with the way the mail is (or isn't) here. Most were jealous and hoped they could get the chance to vote this way someday.” -@PeaceCorps Volunteer on #mobilevoting in #2018Midtermsbit.ly/2GFW4AZ

When it came time to #vote in the 2018 U.S. Midterm #Elections, finding a way for Amiti Maloy make sure she could— all the way from her tiny village in a country with no postal system — was critical. This is the story of how she cast her mobile ballot. bit.ly/2GFW4AZ